Toned Silver Eagle from Sealed 25th Anniversary Sets...

ianrussell · October 4, 2013 6:54AM

Just got this coin back from grading for a client. This was submitted in a sealed box to PCGS, never been opened. Always amazes me when coins like this come out of OGP.

- Ian

coinsarefun · October 4, 2013 7:02AM

Very nice Ian.
Should bring a tidy sum in auction

7Jaguars · October 4, 2013 7:07AM

PT Barnum's delight. Well, to each his or her own.

MsMorrisine · October 4, 2013 7:18AM

Nice blue, unfortunate reverse

Kove · October 4, 2013 11:01AM

Toned ASEs in First Strike holders actually are pretty cool, since they came from sealed boxes.

OldEastside · October 4, 2013 11:15AM

I thought they were'nt allowed to tone until there 9 years old, or is that ATS

Steve

AnkurJ · October 4, 2013 12:02PM

How can that happen so quickly?

coinsarefun · October 4, 2013 12:03PM

<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

.999 silver in original packaging

OperationButter · October 4, 2013 12:14PM

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<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

.999 silver in original packaging >>

Would it also have something to do with where it is stored? Must be something other than just leaving it in the original govt packaging. Thoughts?

coinsarefun · October 4, 2013 12:19PM

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<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

.999 silver in original packaging >>

Would it also have something to do with where it is stored? Must be something other than just leaving it in the original govt packaging. Thoughts? >>

oh yes.....definitely
but short of wrapping them in an airtight storage container they always have a change ofctoning.

OperationButter · October 4, 2013 6:37PM

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<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

.999 silver in original packaging >>

Would it also have something to do with where it is stored? Must be something other than just leaving it in the original govt packaging. Thoughts? >>

oh yes.....definitely
but short of wrapping them in an airtight storage container they always have a change ofctoning. >>

What would cause these to tone like this? Where were these stored to get this color. These sets arent even 3 yrs old...

CuKevin · October 4, 2013 7:08PM

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<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

.999 silver in original packaging >>

Would it also have something to do with where it is stored? Must be something other than just leaving it in the original govt packaging. Thoughts? >>

oh yes.....definitely
but short of wrapping them in an airtight storage container they always have a change ofctoning. >>

What would cause these to tone like this? Where were these stored to get this color. These sets arent even 3 yrs old... >>

Silver is a very reactive metal. It oxidizes (tarnishes) very quickly, especially when a more reactive metal is not immediately present. Think of the silverware that needed shined every year. It is a very fast process to create a layer of oxidized silver just thick enough (nanometers) for thin film interference to occur.

wondercoin · October 4, 2013 7:23PM

How can that happen so quickly?

Coin broke out of capsule in transit and interacted with the velvet. Not unusual at all, although PCGS does not always grade them MS69 when this happens.

Just my 2 cents

Wondercoin

MilesWaits · October 4, 2013 10:14PM

<< How can that happen so quickly?

Coin broke out of capsule in transit and interacted with the velvet. Not unusual at all, although PCGS does not always grade them MS69 when this happens.

Just my 2 cents

Wondercoin >>

Thanks for posting the photo, Ian!

Mitch is right. I opened a sealed set, the coin was out of the capsule and WOW, what color.

amwldcoin · October 4, 2013 10:29PM

It would be interesting to see what that coin looks like a few years down the road. My big concern about people who put big bucks in recently toned coins is what happens if the toning continues,continues,and continues? They may eventually turn black in a decade or so. That also begs the question does PCGS try to stabilize the toning with an acetone rinse or the like? Think about all the red copper that has turned over the years. So much so that the grading services had to drop their gaurantee.

sparky64 · October 4, 2013 11:06PM

That sure is an icy blue obv. Beautiful!

jmcu12 · October 4, 2013 11:26PM

I have one that is very similar and is from the 5 coins sets as well. I think it happened because the coins broke out of the capsules and were exposed in the box for 2 years before making their way to the shop.

Of course since the box was opened I cannot prove it came from the 5 coin set - but it is pretty nonetheless!

OPA · October 4, 2013 11:41PM

<< It would be interesting to see what that coin looks like a few years down the road >>

My guess....BLACK

19Lyds · October 5, 2013 8:31AM

The fact that the coin was awarded an MS69 is amazing in and of itself since I seriously doubt that those "lines" between the rays are on the slab.

19Lyds · October 5, 2013 8:33AM

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<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

.999 silver in original packaging >>

Right.

Original US Mint Air Tight Packaging unless, of course, those "air tights" came apart as they so often do.

Casman · October 5, 2013 8:38AM

<< How can that happen so quickly? >>

While some coins broke free from their capsules during transit, in my experience having opened several sealed boxes some of the coins were never in their capsules to begin with. They were loose in the box and their capsules were completely intact. Unless those coins were Houdini's it was just poor handling at the mint.

AUandAG · October 5, 2013 8:38AM

Luck of the draw! And good luck too! Never opened so not expecting something like this, 'eh?

bob

PRECIOUSMENTAL · October 5, 2013 11:36AM

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<< It would be interesting to see what that coin looks like a few years down the road >>

My guess....BLACK >>

My thought as well.

PRECIOUSMENTAL · October 5, 2013 11:43AM

What is the mark on the pleats of her gown, second set from her left foot, across from 'IN'?
Toning is pretty.

jmcu12 · October 5, 2013 1:52PM

Here is a pic of what mine looks like - it is more like the OP than I thought.

halfhunter · October 5, 2013 2:33PM

<< The fact that the coin was awarded an MS69 is amazing in and of itself since I seriously doubt that those "lines" between the rays are on the slab. >>

So am I, especially with all the little untoned spots . . . Milk spots or undeveloped milk spots?

HH

pontiacinf · October 5, 2013 11:51PM

<< The fact that the coin was awarded an MS69 is amazing in and of itself since I seriously doubt that those "lines" between the rays are on the slab. >>

that grade is a big mistake-maybe they bumped it for color

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